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It seems as though Hazen Bell is on a mission, a mission to destroy every skate spot in SLC and surrounding areas. On the day we all decide to give thanks, Hazen and Alex Bass released a monster of an edit. Hazen has had a really busy summer and fall, not only filming for my project but Erik Bill’s video as well which is set to release in December and also this project with Alex. Lets not forget he also recently became a father so considering how busy this guy is it is truly amazing how much content he has been putting out lately. If there is anything I can give thanks for today it is the fact that Hazen Bell decided to start rollerblading all those years ago.

I’ve been going out of town lately and so that has obviously had an effect on me updating the blog. Anyways, I wanted to post the photos we shot a few weekends ago before the weather turned to shit. I hope you all enjoy. Photos shot by Kirill Braynin and edited by me.

Fall is here and fully knowing the nice weather wont last too much longer we felt it was necessary to try and film as much as we could this Saturday. All in all we had a pretty fantastic day with lots of tricks, filming, photos and just all around good times. Not to mention the fall colors with our pumpkin spiced lattes from Starbucks made the day really nice.

Well the summer has officially come to a close. Of course this is always seen as such a bummer knowing the cold is near. Because of this I decided to throw the second annual BBQ and Blade event at our favorite location Rose Park Skate park. Along with the event we also premiered my second release “This is Livin” at the Beehive Social Club which was very special to me mostly due to the fact that it felt much more “organic” than say my first video mostly due to there being less pressure on everyone to perform such gnarly stunts.

Either way I couldn’t have been happier with the event. The skate gods held off the rain for the entire BBQ and I was able to give out free stuff to people who were truly stoked to be there. I want to thank all the amazing sponsors for helping out and being the best at what they do. Rollerwarehouse, Razors and Ground Control, Oak City Skate Shop, and especially to my sponsor K2 skates for always taking care of me and making this event legit.

This video was filmed during 2015 and part of 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah and surrounding areas. This video has profiles on Duran Bickmore, Tad Tregeagle, Matt Moya, and Hazen Bell. It also features skating from Kirill Braynin, Carlos Guzman, Manuel Rodriguez, Jett Rennert, Ethan Cuglietta, Alex Bass, Harbor Bickmore, Chris Napoleon, Zach Nelson, Richie Rodriguez, and many others. Originally, this was supposed to be just a quick little edit with a section from Hazen Bell but it somehow turned into a full length video. I wanna thank all the homies for skating really hard and making something awesome. I especially want to thank Hazen for killing it almost every single time we went out and got to filming. He worked really hard for this video and I think his section shows it. Please make sure to give him props when you can.

Turns out there is a bunch of cool spots at the redwood campus and honestly we could have spent the entire day there skating easily. Here are some photos of the dudes killing it there. All photos by Manuel Rodriguez

Our good friend Kazu from Japan is back in the states and this time he brought his family. He always manages to bring the best out in people when he is around. I was finally able to snap some pictures of this dude skating considering he is usually behind the camera. Right now he is on his way to Denver as we speak along with his family. Safe travels man. Can’t wait to have him back here again before he leaves. -Manuel